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LIZARDS MUST DIE

LIZARDS MUST DIE

The great exploits of the Ancient Rus in the war with the lizards. Immerse yourself in the world of Hyperborea and defeat hordes of Lizards and other unholy who encroached on holy places Ancestors. Choose a blessed hero and go save the world from the green plague.

Released Sep 27, 2023 Developer the Bratans Publisher Smola Game Studio, Agafonoff Platforms Windows · Mac HistoricalSouls-likeSpectacle fighterHack and SlashThird Person
View on Steam ↗ $3.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

96.6%positive26,132 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“РУС ВСТАВАЙ ПРОТИВ ПРОКЛЯТЫХ ЯЩЕРОВ ГОЙДААААА”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Это лучшее во что я играла Я бросила семью чтобы у меня была возможность играть в этот шедевр геймдева”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Not recommended · 19 found this helpful

“I legit don't understand how this has positive ratings, it's such a slop game like the animations suck and then it's all downhill from there. It feels like people just think it's funny to give such a crappy game good reviews. I mean if you like the game that's fine but like it's…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:25 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

6playing at last check
924-hour peak
906all-time peak
0 100 200 2024 2025 2026 128 avg · Oct 2023

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

28achievements
35.8%median completion
8.8%rarest: Impossible
92.0% of players 90.8% of players 80.9% of players 77.6% of players 63.1% of players 59.1% of players 56.4% of players 53.6% of players 44.7% of players 43.9% of players 43.4% of players 42.7% of players 42.0% of players 40.1% of players 35.8% of players 34.1% of players 28.6% of players 28.0% of players 24.2% of players 23.9% of players 22.1% of players 22.1% of players 21.4% of players 19.2% of players 14.7% of players 14.7% of players 13.0% of players 8.8% of players 92.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
92.0%Humble beginning — Kill first Lizard
90.8%Waters of Baikal — Heal using Baikal Water
80.9%Power of Perun — Use any Perun special skill
Rarest badges of honor
8.8%Impossible — Complete 15th Wave at Battlegrounds Level
13.0%God of Thunder — Compete 10th Wave at the Battlegrounds Level
14.7%Musicians on Tour — Complete RUS in Africa level with any Character

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$3.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$3.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US3.99 USD
EU3.99 EUR
UK3.49 GBP
Australia5.99 AUD
Canada5.49 CAD
Japan470 JPY
Brazil11.00 BRL
China20.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$2.2 Japan China Canada US Australia EU UK≈$4.7

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $2.5 $5 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 15, 2026
MeowFactory at Steam Next Fest

Meowworkers!We're excited to announce that the MEOWFACTORY Demo is now available during Steam Next Fest!«Five years after the end of the world, humans have become completely lazy. The only ones who ca

Jun 02, 2026
MeowFactory DEMO IS OUT NOW

Dear Meowworkers!We’re excited to announce that the MeowFactory game DEMO has FINALLY been released on Steam!In the demo version, as managers of the Meow-X corporation, you’ll take the first steps in

Apr 06, 2026
STEAM PLAYTEST

Dear Meowworkers! We are launching STEAM PLAYTEST! MeowFactory is in the early stages of development, but we already have something to show, and your feedback is VERY important to us! MeowFactory is r

Feb 17, 2026
Dear meowworkers! Whoever gets up early goes to the factory!

We, the developers from the indie studio Smola (known for the Lizards Must Die game series), are pleased to present to your attention our new small project - MeowFactory! We've been actively developin

Oct 31, 2025
"Yashurmore" update

RUS brothers, we are glad to share, that, Update "YASHURMORE" for the game LIZARDS MUST DIE 2 is NOW AVAILABLE!!! - TREACHEROUS LIZARDS have occupied the Ural Mountains and are preparing a NUCLEAR STR

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer
Player tagsHistorical · Souls-like · Spectacle fighter · Hack and Slash · Third Person · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Difficult · Action RPG · Realistic · Fantasy · Action-Adventure (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Russian * , French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese * *
Achievements28
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64bit Processor: Intel Core i3 2.5 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 970 / RX 480 (4GB+ of VRAM) DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 3 GB available space